Today my big packet arrived with the hike itinerary and my official hike T-shirt. So excited.
Then I looked through all the information and checked out the hotels where we will be staying. Oh, my God! When I saw our accommodations, I started crying. This is going to happen. This is real! The first two nights we’ll stay at the 4-star Hotel Grones in Ortisei (St. Ulrich) in the Val Gardena.
The next two nights we’ll will make our home at the Hotel Garni Belair (3-star) in Colfosco.
Our last two nights in Cortina d’Ampezzo will be spent at the Hotel Menardi (3-star).
And they all have wi-fi. How cool is that?! I am so excited that my vocabulary has reverted back to junior high.
Rosemarie in Europe 2013 
I’m very happy for you. The photos remind me of Oberaufdorf, where I worked for a summer when I was 19.
Lucky you. This is so exciting to be able to put names on the places where I will be resting my head at night.
How exciting!
Thank you.
Looks fabulous beyond belief! The Colfosco photos look especially dramatic! So happy for you, embarking on this adventure. 😉
Thank you. It is so nice to receive good wishes from my new blogging family.
Wow! It all looks so perfect.
Thank you. I hope it is as wonderful as it looks.
Looking forward to your photos & reports!
I’ll do my best.
So happy for you. I hope you have a fabulous time in that amazingly beautiful place.
Thank you so much. I hope to do my best for my blogging family.
That’s so exciting to get that packet and see where you’ll be staying, that does indeed make it so real!!! Happy trails!
Yes, It’s exciting. I feel like a kid again. Thank you for your good wishes.
I agree, Rosemarie, this is totally cool!!
I’m a kid in a candy store.
I can imagine!
I shall hold thumbs that the remaining preparations will go smoothly!
so exciting rosemarie … it looks like a storybook …. we will be waiting for your updates!
the t-shirt looks so nice
and the all the hotels no matters how many stars for me just look so stunning with the background view, the mountains!
have a nice trip and great adventure 😀
The stars don’t matter to me either, but it tells me that I will be pampered after a long day’s hike.
agree with that 😀 and I think you deserve that
You’re going to have a lifetime of memories. What a wonderful adventure is ahead for you.
Thank you so much. I have to make up for 40 years absence from Europe.
Congratulations, Rosemarie!! I’m so excited for you, and can’t wait to hear all about your trip as it’s happening!! Bon voyage!
Thank you so much.
I’m happy for you, too. Enjoy every minute of it.
Thank you very much.
Looks awesome, have a great trip! I look forward to reading about your adventures.
Thank you. I will do my best to keep everyone up to date.
Me too and take plenty of pictures!
Planning on it.
Good for you! It sounds and looks wonderful. I am really jealous, Betty
School’s almost over. Let’s talk soon.
I’m glad you stopped by my blog to take a peek. I’m about to turn 64 in a week and still quite physically active. Both my parents were born & raised in Castrop-Rauxel, Germany before coming to the United States as teens, meeting each other & marrying all in the same month. I have never been to Europe but have met one member of my family that was still living in Germany. My mother, maiden name Daniels, was one of 11 & my father, last name, Mielke, was one of 14. I wish you the best in your new journey in life. – Bob
Thank you so much, Bob.
Landscapes are so beautiful that I am speechless.
When you are in a beautiful place, you don’t have to work very hard behind the camera.
Super cool :-)! What a trip of memories and sights this will be — glad you are taking us along with you!
I will love having all of you with me. The blogging family loves photos, and writing, and travel…all the things I love.
Beautiful photographs, you are so lucky. Well said ‘ kid in the candy store’
Glad to know they have Wi-Fi so you can keep us up to date! Safe journey. How exciting. Can’t wait to see YOUR photos of all the wonderful sights. Enjoy your trip.
Thank you so much. Just taught my last classes of the semester today, so I know it is getting closer.
awesome photographs! what a great trip!
This is just the research. The trip is coming up in June.
Those pictures are gorgeous! I want to stay there too!!! Have an amazing time!
Thank you. I’ve been waiting a long time for this.
Wow, the scenery is breathtakingly lovely. If I am this awed just looking at the photos, I can only wonder at how it woulds be for you. 🙂
I’m looking forward to my trip of a lifetime.
I want to go.
🙂 I’ve been waiting for this for a long time.
It looks just fabulous! Wow!
I hope so. It’s costing me a bundle. 🙂